On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 01:03:47 GMT, "Scott Chapin" <rschapin@attbi.com> wrote:

>"leo" <lreyes3@earthlink.net> wrote in message

>news:gU1ea.9186$pK4.807178@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...

>> I hate to bring this up again, but I am getting ready to order my second

>> Camera. I own a VX-2000 now, and like any other person, one always tries

>to

>> get something a little better. I have heard that the lens on the PD-150

>is

>> better than the VX2000. I believe both cameras are identical in

>> performance. If anyone can tell me why I should choose the PD-150 over the

>> VX-2000 please let me hear it. I know the big difference is the XLR mic

>in

>> the PD-150, but that does not sway me, if there are other pluses, please

>let

>> me know.

>The VX-2000 has alot of hiss in manual record mode. I've read that it can be

>overcome with good mic preamps and turning the camera's audio gain down. The

>PD-150 can handle 4dBu input from a sound board. Those are the hot reasons

>that I am going to buy a PD150.

This "hiss" thing has been "debunked" numerous times - the

VX2000 is no noisier than other camcorders at its level.

It is best to write from personal experience (as I have

with www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/sony_dcr-vx2000.htm, based

now on three samples of the VX2000), rather than from

second/third/fourth-hand rumors (which die hard, as we've

seen, unless people stop repeating them...).